ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΩ, πρεσβυτερω
PRESBYTERŌ, presbyterō
Sounds Like: pres-by-TEH-roh
Translations: older, elder, an elder, older person, an older person
From the root: ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone who is older in age or more advanced in years. It can also refer to an 'elder' in a community or religious context, indicating a position of authority or respect due to age and experience. It is often used to distinguish between younger and older individuals, or to denote leaders within a group.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G4245 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Genesis — 24:2
- Judith — 7:23
- Job — 1:18
- Matthew — 27:12, 27:41
- Mark — 7:5, 8:31
- Acts of the Apostles — 24:1
- 1 Timothy — 5:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 29:6
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Timothy — 5:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΡΕΒΥΤΕΡΟΥΣ — elders, old men
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΑ — elder woman, a elder woman, older, elder, senior, presbyteress
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΑΙ — elder women, older women, aged women, female elders
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΑΝ — older, elder, a more aged woman, the elder woman
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΑΣ — older, elder, an elder, of an elder, of an older woman
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΕ — O elder, O old man
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΙΟΝ — presbytery, council of elders, body of elders, a presbytery, a council of elders, a body of elders
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΙ — elders, older men, presbyters
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΙΣ — (to) elders, (to) old men, (to) presbyters
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΝ — older, elder, more ancient, a presbyter, an elder
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ — older, elder, an elder, old man, an old man
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΥ — of an elder, of an old man, of a presbyter, of a priest
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΥΙ — elder, an elder, old man, an old man
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΥΣ — elders, old men, presbyters
- ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΩΝ — of elders, of older men, of presbyters, of older, of older ones
- ‾ΠΡΕ‾Σ — elder, an elder, presbyter, an old man
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